MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: ASTRAGALUS CERAMICUS VAR APUS 

 Common Name: PAINTED MILKVETCH 



Global rank: G4T3 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 3C 



Element occurrence code: PDFABOFIVI . 001 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: CENTENNIAL SANDHILLS 



EO rank: A 

 EG rank comments: MANY SUBPOPULATIONS OVER LARGE AREA. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: LOWER RED ROCK LAKE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



013S 002W 22 E2; 2 3; 14 SE4 , SE4SW4; 13 S2SW4 ; 24 NW4 ; 27 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1987-07-23 Elevation: 6680 



First observation: 1983 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1987-09-03 Size (acres) : 700 



Location: 



CENTENNIAL VALLEY, 4 KM NORTHEAST OF MONIDA; SANDHILLS AT THE 

 NORTHEAST END OF THE VALLEY. 



Element occurrence data: 



LARGE POPULATION. WELL ESTABLISHED IN BLOWOUTS ACROSS THE SAND DUNE 

 COMPLEX. 



General site description: 



BLOWOUT AREAS IN SANDHILLS. 



Land owner/manager: 



RED ROCK LAKES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 

 STATE LAND - UNDESIGNATED 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



Information source: ROE, LISA SCHASSBERGER. [BOTANIST.] 556 SPENCER, 

 HELENA, MONTANA 59601. 



Specimens: LESICA, P. (2716). 1983. MONTU. NY. 



SCHASSBERGER, L. A. (0132). 1987. MONTU. 



